Loof moved up from bantamweight to featherweight to take on returning Cage Warriors veteran Lee, and managed to do enough across two of the three rounds to earn 29-28 scores from two of the three cageside judges. The dissenting judge scored it 29-28 to Lee.
Loof’s victory snapped a two-fight skid, and puts him in a position to start to make his way up the Cage Warriors 145-pound division.
The co-main event saw Ireland’s Adam Darby improve his record to 5-1 with an impressive head-kick finish of Spanish 36-fight veteran Tato Primera.
Following his second-round stoppage victory, Darby declared that it was time for the featherweight division to “put some respect on my name” as he looks to build his way towards the top of a crowded 145-pound class.
Also on the card, French light heavyweight Nell Ariano earned a third-round TKO finish of Charles Joyner, while Brazil’s Aldo Pereira scored an upset victory over surging Italian contender Francesco Mazzeo as he claimed a unanimous decision victory with scores of 29-28 across the board.
Cage Warriors 190: Unplugged – Official results
MAIN CARD
- Alexander Loof def. Aiden Lee via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Adam Darby def. Tato Primera via TKO (tap to strikes) – Round 2, 4:56
- Nell Ariano def. Charles Joyner via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:30
- Aldo Pereira def. Francesco Mazzeo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Emanuele Zaccaria def. Daniel Bainbridge via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:38
- Jordan Molinari def Yannis Osmani via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Josh Abraham def. Harry Shaw via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
- Charlie Boulton def Kevin Azouz via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:20
